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whether it's at a game, enjoying family, or just relaxing, repel mosquitoes away without a spray. off! clip-on. keeps bugs off. sc johnson. a family company. a northern virginia jeweler murdered in his store. tonight his family is speaking out i am maureen ume. >> i am will thomas. no one knew what happened until his family called police and asked them to check on him. john good evening. >> good evening the murdered jeweler was tommy wong a naturalized u.s. citizen according to customerfamily worked incredibly long hours in an effort to build his first business. he was murdered in his store on busy columbia pike in arlington during friday afternoon rush hour. >> reporter: the capital jewelers store on columbia pike
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arlington, remained an active crime scene for much of saturday. some customers were horrified to walk up and learn that the owner, 52-year-old tommy wong, was murdered in the store around 4:00 p.m. friday afternoon. customer leanne that said he would buzz cust mores in through a set of locked double doors. >> like i would open the door and get in the middle and he would buzz in again and that is for insurance reasons to be careful. >> reporter: arlington police have released photos from security cameras that show this man wearing a high visibility safety vest entering the store around the time of the murder he is their suspect. police say tommy wong was murdered in the store but they are not disclosing details on how the killing happened. robbery was the motive say investigators although some pieces of jewellery could still be seen in display cases. workers at the restaurant next door say they did not hear anything unusual friday afternoon. tommy wong was born in hong kong, family members say he
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worked as a watch repairman and for other jewelers before opening his own store, on columbia pike 6 or 7 years ago >> i recall him working always 3:00 a.m. some times almost every day, and very hard working dedicated. >> reporter: desmond wong his son, says tommy wong always worked hard, to build the american dream. family members hope the security pictures released by police, lead to an arrest. >> i just hop they find him. >> turn him in. >> bring him to justice you know, he could have taken what he needed from my family and left my father alone i just wish that was the case. i will give everything in the world to have him there. >> very tough interview this afternoon desmond wong and his wife nicole there, remembering tommy wong. a source familiar with the investigation say security
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video captured the actual murder of tommy wong arlington police have gotten some tips from the photos but so far, no arrest has been anonced and they are looking for more tips. back to you will and maureen. >> hopefully those tips will head to an arrest. >> police are looking for a maryland woman who disappeared yesterday she has severe dementia. she told a neighbor she had to go to work and the neighbor dropped her off at the metro thing is battle doesn't work she retired in 1998. battle was last seen 11:00 a.m. saturday, where the neighbor dropped her off at capital heights metro station. if you have seen her, just call prince georges county police. presidential candidate mitt romney told israelis the u.s. has a solid duty and moral imperative to keep iran from developing nuclear weapons the candidate said the ayatollahs in iran are testing america's moral defenses he avoided
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criticizing president obama for his handling of the middle east crisis and iran's nuclear ambitions but did make a much more subtle point. >> we must not dilute ourselves into thinking containment is not an option we must prevent iran from building and obtaining nuclear weapons we must persuade the iranian regime from their course. it is our fervent hope, diplomatic and economic measures will do so. he planned to meet with israel's prime minister, president and palestinian prime minister. romney tells abc news if he paid more taxes than required he would not be qualified to be president. the candidate says american expect candidates to pay only what is required by law his taxes have been a point of argument with democrats and other republicans romney released one year of returns and says he will release one more before election day.
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president obama is urging the house to act on his tax proposal saying it will protect middle class americans and virtually every small business owner from getting hit with a tax hike next year. yesterday in his weekly address he blamed republicans for holding up the measure. >> here is the thing, everyone in washington says they agree on this. everyone says they afree that we should extend the -- agree that we should extend the tax cuts for the middle class. it should be easy to get it done when we agree but right now that is not the case instead of doing what is right for middle class familysmall business owners republicans in congress are holding these tax cuts hostage until we extend tax cuts for the wealthiest americans. >> senate passed the plan this past week. >> syria accusing neighbors of conspiring against it during a trip to iran the syrian foreign minister claimed qatar, saudi
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arabia, and turkey are master minding a plot. they are warning not to totally dissolve the president's government. >> reporter: the syrian opposition is reportedly being told by the obama administration not to totally gut the president's regime, whenever he falls from power. in today's washington post details of the instructions are laid out with an exclamation from an unnamed u.s. official who says you can't have a complete disillusion of that system because those institutions will be needed in a political transition. in a nutshell obama administration reportedly doesn't want syria in 2012 to resemble iraq in 2003 and as soon as assad goes away they want whoever is left standing to respect everyone including minorities but not all experts think that is sound advice. >> notion you simply keep the existing regime in place, just replace a few top leaders i
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think is babbling. >> reporter: earlier this week, state officials said assads days are numbers and the white house press secretary said his fall is inevitable but not eminent. >> there are daily reminders his grip on power is loosening that his control over the country, is diminishing, we've seen almost daily defections of high level government officials, military officials. >> reporter: according to the syrian observatory for human rights based in britain, 20,000 people have been killed since the up rising began and most have been civilians in washington, fox news. colorado movie theatre where 70 people were shot did not have security guards on duty at the time. cinemark usually has armed guards for busy friday and saturday nights but it happened just after midnight friday
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morn. new information comes to light days before suspected gunman, james holmes learns the charges against him. >> reporter: accused shooter james holmes remains in county jail behind me on monday he will be transported to a local courtroom, where he will learn the extent of his charges we foe he will be charged with 12 counts of first degree murder but also the possibility of 58 counts of attempted murder charges as well as a slew of others pertaining to not only the mass murder at the theatre but his booby trapped apartment the judge will release that gag order allowing the media and public as well as victims families to gain access to more information pertaining to his psychiatrist, dr. lynn fenton. media is inquiring as to her knowledge of holmes.
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surviving are struggling with debilitating injuries the mother of murdered veronica sullivan that little 6-year-old girl who died in the massacres has suffered a miscarriage, ashley was 8 weeks pregnant with her second child the night she was shot in the neck, and the abdomen. also in critical care, joseph garbi his sister spoke to us about the community coming together. >> this community is different, we are trying to give these victims positive energy instead of talking about the bad that has already happened. >> five victims remain in critical care in area hospitals and there is still 11 people under going treatment in aurora colorado elizabeth prahn fox news. turning to weather, we have had a record breaking month for heat today it is not quite so bad still sticky though. let's check with gwen tolbart in the weather center. >> today wasn't too bad you are right maureen. temperatures not bad off the
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seasonal average where we should be. we hit 90 degrees regan national, 89 dulles and 88 bwi marshall just 1 to 2 degrees above where we should be it is still warm 88 nations capital humidity 42% and tonight, mild 73 degrees but we can't rule out a passing isolated shower already some of our neighbors have seen that but it will clear in the overnight hours some changes in the 5 day i will have details a little later back to you. >> thanks gwen. >> every two years we see athletes at the top of their games competing in olympics usually they are pretty young. >> at that doesn't mean you can't go for the gold when our bit older learn how this maryland man has proven his skillput himself on podiums around the world.
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>> summer olympics are in full swing. china is lead being a total of
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12, 6 gold, 4 silver, 2 bronze the u.s. a close second with 11 medals, 3 gold, 5 silver, and 3 bronze. italy in third with a total of 7 medals. michael phelps isn't the only maryland man in world competition these days there is another tough competitor who is making a name for himself as well. >> as beth parker shows us he is a little older than phelps but committed to his sport. >> well, just a general stiffness i take painkillers to ease the ache. when i have a stereo type image of a 57-year-old -- 75-year-old i don't see myself in it some how. >> but he is taking a slice out of a lot of stereo types. >> double take kind of thing. >> that is the response this anne arundel county man usually gets when he tells people he is a fencer not just any here he is atop the medals stand at the usa fencing medal championships
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earlier this month he won gold in the veteran men's division. >> you are constantly solving a puzzle some refer it to the sport as physical chess. >> all about tricking your opponent >> i am going to go here to draw them in. >> fencers earn points for each touch. >> beginner asks me, what makes a good fencer and i look at them and said, a good fencer is a good liar. >> here he is with his coach. he is practicing in silver springs. he first tried the sport 40 years ago. >> i was hooked from the first week i said this is it. >> more than that. pow. yes, much better. >> with all your might, try to hit me here. >> with all my might? >> yes. >> very good. excellent. now do it again. i am going to lightly beat you
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here. >> got me good. >> he worked as a nuclear engineer. >> i am retired a lot of times people after working for many years when they retire there is this instant vacuum, but me i have more time for fencing now. >> he is not as fast as he used to be especially after two fusions in his lower spine but he is tough enough to qualify for the world tournament in austria in october he won a world tight until 1998 >> i am re-- title in 1998. >> i am representing the u.s. if you win they raise the flag and play the national anthem and stuff, it is euphoric. >> he likes win or lose, it always ends with a hand shake. in silver spring, beth parker fox 5 news. a serious disagreement was part of president obama's health care law lead to a 100- mile walk today a catholic priest from maryland is leading parishioners on the walk to baltimore they say the policy
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that requires private health insurance plans to cover contra representation, forces catholic schools and other organizations, to violate their consciousness. our inspirational segment a maryland man shows us age doesn't mean a thing now a baltimore couple is proving love really can conquer all. after dating for three years, jennifer's liver began failing. >> a transplant was her only option turns out her boyfriend was a perfect match. fox 5s. photo journalist, gwen watkins has their incredible story >> other than being tired, i have no memory of feeling so ill. >> she called me, maybe 25 to 30 times over the course of a few hours and that was odd because when i would answer the phone, she would say hey, what's going on and i would say what's up and she would act as if she hasn't called me 5 minutes earlier >> i was acting almost as if i
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was just extremely disoriented late inner the week he said i was not responding to text messages or e-mails. >> there is nothing radio silence so i knew something was wrong. >> her liver was failing so she came to us, in what we call liver failure. >> jen came in in dire states, absolutely critical she was rapidly progressing before her family's eyes. >> i have no recollection 06 being in the er -- of being in the er beforehand >> i went in and broke down as soon as i saw her that was the worst feeling, so when she was in front of me physically and i could see her in this condition that was awful. >> we listed her for a liver transplant, called around and there were no donors immediately available. >> rob donated. >> he wanted to do it let's go i want to do it now. >> really rigorous screening process to make sure, when this
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whole procedure is finished with you will be pretty much the same as you were before the surgery and i put my faith in their hands and it wasn't about that it was just fix jen we don't have much time she only has a few hours left to live we can deal with that later. >> we were in a desperate situation we didn't have any otherrologists to save her life. >> -- other options to save her life. >> that touches us to see her recover and see him save her life you don't see that that often. probably within 3 to 4 weeks she was fairly functional doing well he recovered pretty quickly, as a matter of fact within 12 hours he was in jen's room holding her hand. >> amazing just you know to think that some body loves you that much, that they don't want to -- they just think that you deserve a second chance at life like that that is true love it really is. throughout the whole process, you know, you get to know them
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as people as well and they are kind and compassionate people like i said they just fought so hard for me and you just can't say enough about how great they are. >> this is why we are in medicine this is why we do this, it is because it is extremely gratifying in cases like this, this is worth everything. >> amish fan man who was struck by lightning -- a michigan man who was struck by lightning and lived to tell about it. he was standing outside talking to his neighbor suddenly they were surrounded by white hot light. larry collapsed to the ground he only suffered bald spots on his arm where he was leaning against his truck. >> both lucky and unlucky. >> yes, three young men who lost a friend in iraq are turning their pain into a way to help other people. the goal is to give homeless veterans a hand getting back on their feet.
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foxes anna coin man has our story. >> i was 19, 66 now. >> homeless for almost a decade. gene ander son served on a gun ship during vietnam but couldn't find a job when he returned. >> i was honored when i was in the service, i had a lot of respect i came home, people turned their backs on me because i was in vietnam. >> homeless vets like ander son the gi go fund is helping. >> my goal is make sure we are getting them off the streets finding them housing connect them to a front door key in their pocket before they die. >> volunteers offer a bag of clothing to -- food and clothing to anyone in need if they are a vet, help is given as well as health care. >> numbers are hard to gauge but according to u.s. housing and urban development in year 2011 on any given night, 67,495 veterans were homeless on the
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streets veterans account for 14% of the entire u.s. adult homeless population. >> vets are vulnerable because of the inability to find jobs home foreclosures and many dealing with post traumatic stress disorder. >> all my people have died, and gone in different directions so i am pretty much a loaner. >> our obligation here at home is protect their families while deployed and take care of them when they come back home. >> each night volunteers give out dozens of supplies bags they have plans in the works to expand their midnight missions to baltimore, philadelphia and washington dc. in new york, anna coy man fox news. you know dna can close criminal cases it is often the most compelling evidence of someone's guilt. >> but it wasn't being used correctly. find out what has changed leading investigators to more convictions
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a nice sunny morning for a run in georgetown. people taking a run along the dash 10 k. the race benefits back on my feet, and children's center there was even a kid's fun run for future track stars. monitoring metro tonight, the red line is shut down between grosvenor, the same is true, fan kenya, springfield and van dooren, it is single tracking between east falls
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church and west falls church and stadium armoury and cheverlyy it is all part of a 6 year plan to replace and repair, several aspects of the system. today i guess if you could it was a good day to walk, kind to have way it is supposed to feel. >> exactly. >> temperature wise we were a degree or two off. nice little breeze out there, skies still fairly blue a nice ridge of high pressure in control for us today, not a lot of cloud coverage across the area, but there has been the odd pop up shower here and there, that is one thing that is actually continuing so don't be surprised if you see a little bit of a sprinkle here and there nothing too heavy but that is exactly what has been happening we spoke about it yesterday there was a slight chance of an isolated pop up shower some of our neighbors have seen that, a few clouds will eventually push out, we will not do too bad overnight, as far as conditions are
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concerned, highs pretty much with they should be, a degree or two off, 90 degrees regan national, 89 dulles, kicking in, bwi, still warm outside, 89 dc 82 gaithersburg 88 frederick, 85 fredericksburg to the south, 82 winchester and 85 degrees at martins burg. so, as we take a look at the jet stream, well above and continuing to keep us in the pattern that is where we will see the warmer air settling into the course of the week temperatures will continue to be into the low 90s and upper 80s all week long we will not get a break from that humidity will start to kick in a little bit once we get through mid-week be prepared for that. meantime tonight we are talking partly cloudy skies, start the clear in the overnight hours, once again keep your eyes to the skies still a chance of seeing isolated shower or so. here is a look at what is ahead temperatures upper 80s low -9d 0s as we head into the -- 90s as we head into the week.
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unsettled days see that in my 5 day forecast and also, calmer as we move through the later part of the week back to sunshine and dryer days as well. mother nature just dealing her hand as this time of year with a lot of changes as the days look ahead. thanks gwen. 8 years after her death, the chicago woman's family may finally be close to getting answers. >> what is finally going to happen in the murder case against drew peterson even while his fourth wife remains missing. fox 5 news at 6 isn't over yet
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>> police in northern virginia are look for this man a suspect in a murder inside an arlington jewellery store, his body was found afterhis family asked police to check on him when he was late coming home friday night >> have you seen this woman, 69- year-old barbara battle she told a neighbor she need add ride to capital heights metro, so she could get to work but she retired in 1998 battle suffers from severe dementia if you have seen her call prince georges county police. presidential candidate, mitt romney is in israel. he told the u.s., israelis have an obligation to make sure iran doesn't develop nuclear weapons he directly avoided criticizing
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president obama's approach. in the past six months it has helped dc police arrest or convict three men for rapes that happened years ago. paul wagner reports. just utter fear of seeing that person again. >> he beat her complete violation he raped her. >> reporter: mid-morning hours february 4th, 2008 a young woman, new to dc was raped and beaten in a surprise attack in her capital hill apartment. >> he beat her so viciously, and knocked off her glasses beat her in the head. >> reporter: james blackman used a ruse to get inside telling the victim he needed a pen to jot down a number. >> she wasn't able to see, think or breath. it was beyond terrifying. she was afraid for her life. >> reporter: a sex assault
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nurse collected evidence until a match was made, in the national dna data bank there were no suspects and few leads leaving the victim in distress. >> because of something he said, during it, that there is just this ongoing fear that i might see him gain. >> reporter: that fear turned to relief 6 months later when an fbi computer made a cold hit connecting the dna profile of james blackman with evidence collected after the rape. blackman was a convicted sex offender his prosecution came at a time when the u.s. attorneys office began to see a series of dna matches. >> those wouldn't have happen first-degree the dc police department hasn't sent evidence in hundreds of rape cases to its dna lab, evidence sitting inside this warehouse in southeast, on shelves untouched for years. a backlog that began to grow after the 9/11 attacks overwhelmed fbi from evidence
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from around the world without its own lab the evidence collected in sex kits was left unexamined >> the longer those kits sit the longer offenders are not entered into the data base the great tore possibility people are placed in danger that don't need to be. >> reporter: as the backlog became public politicians and others took notice. >> all those shows proliferated how we can use science to solve crimes we are not doing it in the district of columbia. we are not doing dna testing the only testing we have done overtime is when some body has been arrested when they are about to go to trial. >> people we talk to say there is no money. >> you commit a sex crime in district of columbia you probably don't have to worry about it. >> reporter: city council budgeted money to hire the district's own dna lab technicians. in his job as a cold case detective jim saw the problem first hand. >> never seemed to be a
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priority until after the council got involved, after media began to push it and suddenly, my god now we have to do something about it. >> reporter: the dna challenge wasn't done yet as important as it has become over the years it is worthless unless samples from convicted felons, are entered into the dna da pa bank as soon as possible. a process done when felons left prison rather than arrived a decision that made a backlog. that too has changed. >> these people are coming into the system, and we are now seeing cold hits, from cases, as a result of the backlog reduction. >> ever time, that a report is issued by the lab i view it over about the last 8 months i think that they have gone up exponentially. >> the last six months dna matches have led to the arrest
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for rape in three cases. three convicted felons whose dna was already in the system if not for dna prosecutors say they would likely still be on the street. davies pled guilty, blare convicted and tourney is awaiting trial. certainly good news for prosecutors who are paid to get predators off the street. >> when you get the call, find out there is a hit for a really serious case we have been working on, you are elated, it is -- the big break-in the case. >> reporter: for the victims the emotions can be somewhat different. >> we wanted to see justice, not only for our sake but for the safety of people in this neighbourhood, it's incredibly difficult to look at some body in the eye or even look at them, and know that they have done something so horrible and
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caused so much pain. to see them definitely the most terrifying thing. >> reporter: james black man is now 50 years old, his sentence comes to an end in 2043. paul wagner, fox 5 news. the former police officer whose fourth wife is still missing will go on trial for the murder of his third wife this week. opening statements are scheduled tuesday in the chicago trial against drew peterson. back in 2004 his third wife, kathleen was found dead in the tub. his fourth wife, 23-year-old stacey peterson disappeared in 2007. that is when the body was exiled and her death ruled a homicide. texas community mourning the loss of one of their own police officers. 44-year-old josh williams was responding to a call early saturday morning, when police say a drunk driver crashed into
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his cruiser killer him. not only was the other driver drug behind the wheel but didn't have any lights on. he is in hospital, and will be charged with intoxication manslaughter, once he is released. thousands of people in tokyo, rallied around parliament, demanding an end to nuclear power japan's government is planning to restart nuclear power generation but many are against the move. it was halted after the fukushima tsunami, during today's protest many wore gas masks and beat on big yellow oil drums. memorial service for a youngster killed in -- young surfer killed in a vicious shark attack. they gathered to remember the 24-year-old, he was surfing with a friend when attacked by a shark the fifth person in the past 10 months to be killed by a shark off australia's southwest coast. >> two weeks ago i lost the love of my life, my best friend my rock my inspiration and my soul mate. but i am so grateful to have
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spent the last 8 years creating memories and savouring every moment of being with ben. >> his sister was also at the tribute and read a poem. future doctors and nurses in the making and it is all happening at camp. >> we are going to introduce you to a bunch of kids going way past first aid, you've never seen summer camp like this when we come back at sleep number, individualizing your sleep is at the heart of every innovation.
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kids are going to summer camp but this is no ordinary camp. >> they are getting a taste of what it is like to work in medicine at this camp. fox 5s beth parker has a look. >> reporter: they are suiting up for surgery, but they don't have medical degrees not yet the patients are fake and doctors and nurses are six and seventh grader this is camp med. >> you will insert the tube and hold this with your right hand. >> reporter: it is a
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partnership between virginia hospital center in northern virginia, community college >> the younger you get them to think about it the better usually. >> here they are intubating a patient, acting as anesthesiologists, over here this guy is having a more traditional exploratory surgery on his stomach, and over here, this is laparoscopic surgery >> i want you to put your hand in there, because we are now in the belly >> it was cold and gooey doesn't feel that great. >> don't worry, the red stuff isjell-o every now and then they find a gummy worm. >> reporter: when students checked out another patient >> candy. >> reporter: yes, they have diagnosed this guy with. >> pinata disease. >> this is a lot of fun helps
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us play for the day so to speak essentially let our hair down. >> reporter: they are worked mock crime scenes spent time in the lab and learned pharmaceuticals. >> you have a good working area, clear space. >> reporter: brian learned to get around pretty good in a wheelchair and may have found his knew which you are occupation. >> -- future occupation. >> neurosurgery is different every time not going to be one person with the same brain tumour every time, there is going to be different things and stressful and challenging and i look up to that. >> reporter: not everybody is locked into a career in health care >> maybe a fashion designer. >> maybe she can update the scrubs. in arlington beth parker fox 5 news. >> so cool. >> pretty cool. >> something you should send your kid to. >> when she gets older sure >> summer in mid-atlantic you know how it feels by now. >> are we going to get a break from the hot and humid pattern, gwen is coming back with your 5 day forecast on the other side of this break those ads taking my words about small business out of context --
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they're flat out wrong. of course americans build their own businesses. every day, hard-working people sacrifice to meet a payroll, create jobs, and make our economy run. and what i said was that we need to stand behind them, as america always has, by investing in education and training, roads and bridges, research and technology. i'm barack obama and i approve this message because i believe we're all in this together.
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monitoring metro and a new way to pay for part of your trip metro is testing a pay by phone system for parking in its lots starting monday, people can use park mobile it will work for rockville's parking lot spaces in both stations, the system charges a 32¢ convenience fee per trans action the same system used at
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17,000-metered parking spots, across dc. not a bad day weather wise. i know it is humid but didn't feel that bad. >> wasn't as humid as it is going to be that is the good news. nice breeze temperatures pretty much where they should be, i think we did pretty good. >> just look at maureen's hair it is perfect. >> absolutely perfect. >> let's take a look at our weather head shot outside then, and ridge of high pressure in control we've got some blue skies, we did have an odd little pop up shower, in some of our neighbourhoods and we can't rule that out before it is all said and done just so you know we mentioned that yesterday, 20% chance of seeing that happen, but as we head into the 5 day forecast, possible stormy days ahead you will have to deal with and humidity maureen will have to lookout by mid-week that is when it will start to kick in upper 80s low 90s where we are headed temperature wise, late week dryer conditions in our forecast. so a whole mixture of things
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for mother nature in the week ahead today's highs not too much off the mark where they should be a couple degrees, 90 regan national airport, 89 at dulles, and 88 degrees bwi marshall, so we are pretty much in the norm right now and currently 89 degrees, at national airport humidity pretty low, 32%, northeasterly wind flow, winds remaining light throughout the course of today that breeze was just enough to make it comfortable currently 86 degrees baltimore, 85 annapolis, 85 fredericksburg to the south hagerstown 87, 86 degrees manassas, 82 at winchester, if you head up the mid-atlantic a big difference in temperatures cooler air settling in for boston 66 degrees, new york 73 raleigh to the south 90 degrees. we are going to continue to see that warm air settling in take a look at national temperatures mid-section of the country, triple digits, thank goodness, we are not dealing with that jet stream well north, we will
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continue to see temperatures remain pretty much into the upper 80s and 90s as we proceed into the course of the week satellite radar composite showing you not much happening here because that ridge of high pressure was in control what we will deal with in the 5 day forecast will put a spin and change on things not only will we have to deal with the chance of pop up showers but chance of storms in the forecast as i mentioned each day. ridge of high pressure will push out, tomorrow mostly sunny skies as we start the day, afternoon hours it will move in from the west, seeing a chance of afternoon thunderstorms kick in be prepared for that. here is a look at future cast to show you just what we are talking about in terms of timing showers and storms isolated and scattered in nature by the time we get to the 2, 3:00 p.m. hour airs yeah of the west settling -- areas to have west settling in. wet weather just a little after rush hour and then into the late night as well we have some wet wait inner the forecast
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sticking around, through into the next 2 or 3 days. we start off tomorrow morning mostly sunny skies 9:00 a.m. hour 80 degrees heating up to 86 by midday clouds start to roll in by 5:00 p.m., chance of seeing isolated storm or scattered showers starting to pop up. in the meantime tonight, still not out of the clear with isolated shower very possible clearing in the overnight hours 73 degrees, with some clear skies a light northeasterly wind tomorrow's high, kicking in at 90 degrees. here is a look at that 5 day forecast, for you, unsettled pattern due to low pressure system sticking around thursday is the day where it looks like we will be back to dryer conditions with sunshine but end the week once again with unsettled weather, a chance we could see storms by friday again but starting off the week that way so i suggest you keep the umbrella handy by mid-week pump up the ac and get ready. >> thanks gwen. >> remember you can check the weather any time with the fox a weather ap download it on your
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droid, iphone or ipad. the sky in berkeley california, filled with colors this weekend it is the 27th annual berkeley kite festival one of the largest in the nation. thousands of people showed up to cast their fate to the wind. giant sea creatures took flight at the marina more traditional kites dotted the sky nearby. look at some of those kites they are not the kites we had when we were kids,. >> all right coming up next in sports see who else is slim and trim for the red skins. >> plus mets try and hold their ground in the series finale against the brewers, lyndsey murphy has the highlights next
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i am lyndsey murphy. the nationals started the day 60 and 40 tied for the best record in baseball after that 1 minute it is back to work it is still july and there is a lot
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of baseball to be played starting today against the brewers. it was a tough day, to be a catcher. yes, jesus flores, takes a foul off the bottom of his right shoulder he is doubled over in pain. next inning flores gets drilled by another foul ball this time in the mask some how he would stay in the game. mathews entered in the second. 8th he had back to back home runs. gave the brewers a 9-7 lead you can never count the nats out we know that. top of the 4th, michael moore is down. clear it is wall for a 2 run home run. game tied 9-9 cheng out the reaction from the man -- check out the reaction from the manager. move to the top of the 11th still tied, morris again with runners on the corners rips it into the left field corner, bryce harper is going to score easily third base coach, going to send zimmerman, relay home, and the catcher cannot hold on, zimmerman is safe his run is
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the difference as nats edge the brewers 11-10 in 11 innings. orioles hosting the as, lou ford called up from triple-a first major league game since november 2007. rips the base hit to left, nice slide he cuts the ball off then relays to second, umpire, bare let looking checking he says the glove between the base and foot and finally give it is out signal. bottom 3, leading 1-0. wheaters who missed the last two games with bicep tightness flexes it big here. orioles down the as 6-1. one other note, brian roberts will miss the rest of the year he needs surgery on his hip. today was an off day for the red skins training camp resumes tomorrow with a morning walk through and 3:00 p.m. practices through friday fan appreciation day scheduled saturday at noon. meanwhile santana moss entered camp, 16 pounds lighter now
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tipping the scales at 189. but he is not the only one lorenzo alexandre was asked to move from outside to inside with no clear back up for london fletcher he shed considerable weight to make himself quicker the team plans to use him as full back and tight end he dropped 21 pounds since last season his playing weight now 244 the latest since 8th grade. >> any time you go from 265 to 240, 245, 20 pounds you don't have to carry around, push around, you will last longer helps me running with guys like brett davis those guys can fly i had to lose the keep up with them. >> lorenzo is a warrior the way he plays on special teams way he plays on defense way he prepares himself whatever you ask him to do he will do he is in excellent shape i like his weight i like the way he has played there the otas. and we are looking for good
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things out of him. >> 8th grade? really? >> this year marks the second season for running back evan roister he hopes to have a bigger role after splitting the year with troy. all time leading rusher gaining 328-yards impressive 5.9-yards per carry average. >> coming fresh out of college and being here is one of the most exciting things i mean you could hope for, as an athletics and i think this year it is just a different month i am coming out of this morof a business and more of i need to get something done we need the get better as a team. >> today's brick yard 400 from indy, 29 laps to go jimmy johnson goes inside to past biffle. next lap, joey lagano touches trevor bane heading back up the
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track takes out matt kensip his car caught on fire. finished in 35th. jj lead to win the brick yard 400 for the fourth time. bush second and dale earn hard yuan your fourth. he is the -- junior fourth. he is the points leader for the fourth time since 2004. >> u.s. men's basketball team defeated france 98-71 next up tunisia tuesday. michael phelps earned his 17th medal, as he took silver and congratulations to castles they beat springfield to complete a second straight undefeated season. >> can we go back to lorenzo alexandre 244 pounds in the 8th or 9th grade >> i don't know if he weighed that but he said that is the lightest since then. >> definitely a football
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player. >> check on the 5 day. >> chance of storms each day coming up in the week ahead on the five day forecast. humidity will make a come back mid-week be prepared. >> that is a wrap for us see you tonight at 10 and news edge at 11 
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